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Stirrer for Seed Dropper. No. 81,156. Patented Aug. 18, 1868.

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F. G. FLOYD AND E. A. FLOYD, OF MAGOMB, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 81,156, dated August 18, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

' Be it' known that we, F. G- FLOYD, and E. A. FLOYD, of Macomb, in the county of McDonough, and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and hseful Improvementin Stirrers for Seed-Sewers; andwe do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying d ings,- and to the letters of reference marked thereon. I

. V This invention relates toan improved arrangement for stirrin seed-sower,patented April 2, 1867, which consists in a bent arm, as willbe fully described hereinafter,

In the drawings, A represents the frame of our improved sower, upon the top of which is located the hopper B. I v 1 0 represents the mainshaft, which passes through the top of the frame up into the hopper. D represents a bent arm, as shown, which is provided with an eye, as shown, This eye, if square, will be securely held without fastenin g the grain in the hopper of our broadcast suitably attached to the top of the main shaft,

being tapering in form to permit it to set down securely upon it. Ifthe shaft is round, the eye shouldbe of corresponding shape. A set-screw, or other similar arrangement, will then be needed to confine-the arm.-

By this arrangement, when power is applied to the shaft C, the arm D revolves with it, and acts as a, stirrer, by which-.means the grain is delivered regularly to the" hopper-hole, andall tendency to clog is thereby prevented. I I Having thus fullydescribed our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The rotating arm D, attached to the shaft 0, as shown and described, and arranged to revolve within the hopper B, for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 3d day of March, 1868.

. F. G. FLOYD,

E. A. FLOYD. Witnesses:

CHAS. CHANDLER, G. A. Lawson.

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